Landlord causing problems. Please help.

pinkshoes

Can you put a lock on the bathroom door so that these other people can't come in and use it?!?

Write to the landlord (1st class, registered delivery, or deliver by hand with a witness) immediately telling him that this is breaching the contract and that you do not permit these other people to enter the property. Also point out that it will be breaching the insurance.

Tell them you will accept this situation if:
1)they pay for insurance for the period (and give you documents to prove it)
2)these people pay £2 a shower towards bills, and they must knock on the front door and not use the key
3) half price rent during this period.

Personally I would be utterly furious!

Catblue

Your landlord has got some front. :mad:

Personally, I would put a chain lock on at the front door and put a notice up on the front door of your house, stating:

Dear tenants of other house,

Arrangements for showering and bathing have been made for you at the following establishment:

Landlord's name
Landlord's address

littlemissmoney

Catblue wrote: »

Personally, I would put a chain lock on at the front door and put a notice up on the front door of your house, stating:

Dear tenants of other house,

Arrangements for showering and bathing have been made for you at the following establishment:

Landlord's name
Landlord's address

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: This is the best idea yet!!! Is he local? That would be soooo funny. He sounds like a total muppet. Change the locks, write him a letter telling him you know your rights then put that sign on the door.

silvercar

I wonder if you have a tenancy for your room only and just the right to use the shared facilities of the house?

If so, your contract will give you the rights for sole use ("quiet enjoyment" I think is the legalise) of your room and the rights to use the shared facilities along with others. You would normally assume that the shared facilities can only be used by others in the house (and I'm sure a judge would say that that is a reasonable assumption to make) but I wonder if your contract doesn't actually specify this.

Evee2000

This one is confusing me. On the one hand he should most certainly be allowing you to have 'quiet enjoyment' of the tenancy. However, he obviously cares enough to ensure that a handyman is undertaking any maintenance work that is needed. He also cares enough to have sent you a letter stating his intentions - instead of just turning up and using your facilities. Is he a reasonable chap to speak to? Can't you just talk to him about the situation and come to some arrangement with him - whether that be 'p*ss off' or perhaps a set time to share the facilities with him that doesn't inconvenience you?

scrummy_mummy_2

Those regulars who use this forum...this isn't an HMO, (as defined in the NLA Lanldord development manual) and not let out on an AST by the sounds of it.....renting out rooms in a house and issuing INDIVIDUAL agreements to the occupiers of each room is wrong.....am I missing something here????

Evee2000

You could do worse that refer to www.landlordlaw.co.uk

bclark

I would advise that rather than waiting for an appointment with the CAB or anyone else, you should actually pick up the phone and talk to the Landlord or agency that you are renting through. I fully believe that you have the law on your side with this one. When I was at University my rental agreement was also just for my room but we were all then equally liable for the shared areas and enjoyed the same rights as any other renters.

As you have the law on your side, just speak to them and inform them that its unnacceptable, only if they insist should you then worry about going to the CAB or other body (have you thought about going to your Students Union, they often have welfare officers that will help in situations like this). You may find that you Landlords are not that experienced and simply haven't considered that its unnacceptable or that they aren't allowed to do it.

silvercar

Agree with scrummyMummy, this doesn't sound like a House in Multiple Occupancy (HMO) and I bet your AST (if that is what it is!) is for your own room only. You probably have non-exclusive rights over the shared parts.

In the 1980s, sudents had "licences to occupy" rather than tenancies. These gave you little rights other than your own room. People would arrive home from college to find their lounge had been converted into a bedroom.

sooz

It is still an HMO, as the tenants have their own rooms, and their own individual ASTs, but still have to share facilities. Even if their landlord was resident, it would still be an HMO as he's letting to 4 individuals, who do not form one household.